different between toll vs strike

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t??l/, /t?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /to??/, /t?l/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /to?l/, /t?l/
• Rhymes: -??l

Etymology 1

From Middle English toll, tol, tolle, from Old English tol, toll, toln (“toll, duty, custom”), from Proto-Germanic *tull? (“what is counted or told”), from Proto-Indo-European *dol- (“calculation, fraud”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tol (“toll”), Dutch tol (“toll”), German Zoll (“toll, duty, customs”), Danish told (“toll, duty, tariff”), Swedish tull (“toll, customs”), Icelandic tollur (“toll, customs”). More at tell, tale.

Alternate etymology derives Old English toll, from Medieval Latin tol?neum, tol?nium, alteration (due to the Germanic forms above) of Latin tel?neum, from Ancient Greek ???????? (tel?nion, “toll-house”), from ????? (télos, “tax”).

Noun

toll (plural tolls)

1. Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.

2. A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc.
3. (business) A fee for using any kind of material processing service.

4. (US) A tollbooth.

5. (Britain, law, obsolete) A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor.
6. A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

toll (third-person singular simple present tolls, present participle tolling, simple past and past participle tolled)

1. (transitive) To impose a fee for the use of.

2. (transitive, intransitive) To levy a toll on (someone or something).
3. (transitive) To take as a toll.
4. To pay a toll or tallage.

Translations

References

Etymology 2

Probably the same as Etymology 3. Possibly related to or influenced by toil

Noun

toll (plural tolls)

1. The act or sound of tolling

Translations

Verb

toll (third-person singular simple present tolls, present participle tolling, simple past and past participle tolled)

1. (ergative) To ring (a bell) slowly and repeatedly.
2. (transitive) To summon by ringing a bell.

   • When hollow murmurs of their evening bells / Dismiss the sleepy swains, and toll them to their cells.

3. (transitive) To announce by tolling.
   • 1711/1714, James Beattie, The Minstrel

     Slow tolls the village clock the drowsy hour.

Derived terms

• toller

Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English tolen, tollen, variation of tullen, tillen (“to draw, allure, entice”), from Old English *tyllan, *tillan (“to pull, draw, attract”) (found in compounds fortyllan (“to seduce, lead astray, draw away from the mark, deceive”) and betyllan, betillan (“to lure, decoy”)), related to Old Frisian tilla (“to lift, raise”), Dutch tillen (“to lift, raise, weigh, buy”), Low German tillen (“to lift, remove”), Swedish dialectal tille (“to take up, appropriate”).

Alternative forms

• tole, toal

Verb

toll (third-person singular simple present tolls, present participle tolling, simple past and past participle tolled)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To draw; pull; tug; drag.
2. (transitive) To tear in pieces.
3. (transitive) To draw; entice; invite; allure.

4. (transitive) To lure with bait; tole (especially, fish and animals).

Synonyms

• (to lure animals): bait, lure

Translations

Etymology 4

From Latin toll? (“to lift up”).

Verb

toll (third-person singular simple present tolls, present participle tolling, simple past and past participle tolled)

1. (law, obsolete) To take away; to vacate; to annul.
2. (law) To suspend.

Translations

Etymology 5

Verb

toll

1. (African-American Vernacular) simple past tense and past participle of tell

   I done toll you for the last time.

References

• toll at OneLook Dictionary Search
• toll in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Catalan

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Celtic *tullom, *tullos (“hole”). (Compare Irish toll, Welsh twll, both meaning "hole".)

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?to?/

Noun

toll m (plural tolls)

1. pool, puddle

References

• “toll” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “toll” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

German

Etymology

From Old High German tol, from Proto-Germanic *dulaz (“dazed, foolish, crazy, stupid”), cognate with English dull. More at dull.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?l/, [t??l]

Adjective

toll (comparative toller, superlative am tollsten)

1. (colloquial) great, nice, wonderful

   Synonyms: cool, geil

2. (dated) crazy, mad

Declension

Derived terms

• supertoll
• Tollheit
• Tollwut

Related terms

• doll

Further reading

• “toll” in Duden online
• “toll” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *tulka (“feather, wing”)..

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?tol?]
• Rhymes: -ol?

Noun

toll (plural tollak)

1. feather (a branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display)
2. feather (a feather-like fin or wing on objects, such as an arrow)
3. pen (a tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks)
4. (figuratively) pen (a writer, or his style)

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• toll in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Icelandic

Noun

toll

1. indefinite accusative singular of tollur

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??o?l??/, /t???l??/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish toll (“hole, hollow; buttocks, hindquarters”), from Proto-Celtic *tullom, *tullos (“hole”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”). Cognate with Welsh twll.

Noun

toll m (genitive singular toill, nominative plural toill)

1. hole, hollow
2. posterior, buttocks

Declension

Derived terms

• tollán (“tunnel”)
• tollmhór (“big-bottomed; bumptious”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish toll (“pierced, perforated; hollow, empty”).

Adjective

toll (genitive singular masculine toill, genitive singular feminine toille, plural tolla, comparative toille)

1. pierced, perforated
2. hollow, empty; (of voice) deep, hollow

Declension

Etymology 3

From Old Irish tollaid (“pierces; penetrates”).

Verb

toll (present analytic tollann, future analytic tollfaidh, verbal noun tolladh, past participle tollta)

1. to bore, to pierce, to perforate

Conjugation

Derived terms

• tolladóir (“borer, piercer, perforator”)
• tollbhealach (“adit”)
• tollchárta (“punch-card”)
• tolltach (“piercing, penetrating”)

Mutation

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English toll, from Proto-Germanic *tull?.

Alternative forms

• tol, tolle, thol, toale, theol

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?l/, /t??l/

Noun

toll (plural tolles)

2. A toll, tax, or charge.
3. The privilege to levy fees or charges.
4. A waiver from any fees or charges.
5. (rare) taxation, payment.
6. (rare) A edge, point of difference

Related terms

• tolboth
• tollen
• toller
• tolsey
• tollynge

Descendants

• English: tool
• Scots: towl

References

• “tol, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-03.

Etymology 2

Verb

toll

2. Alternative form of tollen (“to bring”).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Late Latin teloneum and Old Norse tollr

Noun

toll m (definite singular tollen, indefinite plural toller, definite plural tollene)

1. duty (customs duty, excise duty)
2. customs

Derived terms

• tollbarriere
• tollbod
• tolldeklarasjon
• tollfri

References

• “toll” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Late Latin teloneum and Old Norse tollr

Noun

toll m (definite singular tollen, indefinite plural tollar, definite plural tollane)

1. duty (customs duty, excise duty)
2. customs

Derived terms

• tollbarriere
• tolldeklarasjon
• tollfri

References

• “toll” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *toll?, from Vulgar Latin toloneum, from Late Latin teloneum, from Ancient Greek ???????? (tel?nion, “toll-house”), from ????? (télos, “tax”). Germanic cognates include Old Saxon tol (Dutch tol), Old High German zol (German Zoll), Old Norse tollr (Swedish tull). See also parallel forms represented by Old English toln.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toll/, [to?]

Noun

toll n

1. tax, toll, fare

Descendants

• Middle English: toll
  • English: toll
  • Scots: towl

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish toll (“hole, hollow; buttocks, hindquarters”).

Noun

toll m (genitive singular tuill, plural tuill)

1. hole, cavity, puncture, hollow
2. crevice, perforation
3. pit
4. socket
5. (nautical) hold of a ship
6. (vulgar) arse

Derived terms

• gaoth tro tholl (“draught”)
• toll-putain (“buttonhole”)
• tolltach (“full of holes”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish tollaid (“pierces; penetrates”), from toll (“hole, hollow”).

Verb

toll (past tholl, future tollaidh, verbal noun tolladh, past participle tollte)

1. bore, piece, drill, perforate

Skolt Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tolë, from Proto-Uralic *tule.

Noun

toll

1. fire

Inflection

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Ter Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tolë, from Proto-Uralic *tule.

Noun

toll

1. fire

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

English

Etymology

From Middle English stryken, from Old English str?can, from Proto-Germanic *str?kan?, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to stroke, rub, press”). Cognate with Dutch strijken, German streichen, Danish stryge, Icelandic strýkja, strýkva.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /st?a?k/
• Rhymes: -a?k

Verb

strike (third-person singular simple present strikes, present participle striking, simple past struck, past participle struck or (see usage notes) stricken or (archaic) strucken)

1. (transitive, sometimes with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.

2. (physical) To have a sharp or sudden effect.
   1. (transitive) To hit.
   2. (transitive) To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
   3. (intransitive) To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
   4. (transitive) To manufacture, as by stamping.
   5. (intransitive, dated) To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; to run aground.

   6. (transitive) To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds.

   7. (intransitive) To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows.
   8. (transitive) To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke.
   9. (transitive) To cause to ignite by friction.

3. (transitive) To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.

4. (personal, social) To have a sharp or severe effect.
   1. (transitive) To punish; to afflict; to smite.
   2. (intransitive) To carry out a violent or illegal action.
   3. (intransitive) To act suddenly, especially in a violent or criminal way.

   4. (transitive, figuratively) To impinge upon.
   5. (intransitive) To stop working as a protest to achieve better working conditions.

      Synonym: strike work

      • 1889, New York (State). Dept. of Labor. Bureau of Statistics, Annual Report (part 2, page 127)

        Two men were put to work who could not set their looms; a third man was taken on who helped the inefficients to set the looms. The other weavers thought this was a breach of their union rules and 18 of them struck […]

   6. (transitive) To impress, seem or appear (to).
   7. (transitive) To create an impression.
   8. (sports) To score a goal.
   9. To make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion.
   10. To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.

   11. (intransitive, Britain, obsolete, slang) To steal or rob; to take forcibly or fraudulently.
   12. (slang, archaic) To borrow money from; to make a demand upon.
5. To touch; to act by appulse.
6. (transitive) To take down, especially in the following contexts.
   1. (nautical) To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.)
   2. (by extension) To capitulate; to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours.
   3. To dismantle and take away (a theater set; a tent; etc.).
      • 1979, Texas Monthly (volume 7, number 8, page 109)

        The crew struck the set with a ferocity hitherto unseen, an army more valiant in retreat than advance.

7. (intransitive) To set off on a walk or trip.
8. (intransitive) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
9. (dated) To break forth; to commence suddenly; with into.

10. (intransitive) To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
11. To make and ratify.

12. To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top.
13. (masonry) To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
14. To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.

15. (sugar-making, obsolete) To lade thickened sugar cane juice from a teache into a cooler.
16. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
17. (obsolete) To advance; to cause to go forward; used only in the past participle.
18. To balance (a ledger or account).

Usage notes

• The past participle of strike is usually struck (e.g. He'd struck it rich, or When the clock had struck twelve, etc.); stricken is significantly rarer. However, it is still found in transitive constructions where the subject is the object of an implied action, especially in the phrases "stricken with/by (an affliction)" or "stricken (something) from the record" (e.g. The Court has stricken the statement from the record, or The city was stricken with disease, etc.). Except for in these contexts, stricken is almost never found in informal or colloquial speech.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

strike (plural strikes)

2. (baseball) A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.
   • 1996, Lyle Lovett, "Her First Mistake" on The Road to Ensenada:

     It was then I knew I had made my third mistake. Yes, three strikes right across the plate, and as I hollered "Honey, please wait" she was gone.

3. (bowling) The act of knocking down all ten pins in on the first roll of a frame.
4. A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
5. A blow or application of physical force against something.
   • 1996, Annie Proulx, Accordion Crimes

     […] and they could hear the rough sound, could hear too the first strikes of rain as though called down by the music.

   • 2008, Lich King, "Attack of the Wrath of the War of the Death of the Strike of the Sword of the Blood of the Beast", Toxic Zombie Onslaught

6. (finance) In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
7. An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
8. (cricket) The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.

9. The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
10. (geology) The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth.
11. An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.
12. (obsolete) Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality.
13. An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
14. (ironworking) A puddler's stirrer.
15. (obsolete) The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmail.
16. The discovery of a source of something.
17. The strike plate of a door.
18. (fishing) A nibble on the bait by a fish.
    • 2014, Michael Gorman, Effective Stillwater Fly Fishing (page 87)

      I must admit that my focus was divided, which limited my fishing success. I made a few casts, then arranged my inanimate subjects and took photos. When my indicator went down on my first strike, I cleanly missed the hook up.

Antonyms

• (work stoppage): industrial peace; lockout

Derived terms

Translations

Descendants

• German: streiken

References

Further reading

• strike in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Farmer, John Stephen (1904) Slang and Its Analogues?^[1], volume 7, page 12

Anagrams

• Kister, kiters, trikes

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st?ajk/

Noun

strike m (plural strikes)

1. (bowling) a strike

Derived terms

• striker

Related terms

• spare

Italian

Noun

strike m (invariable)

1. strike (in baseball and ten-pin bowling)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English strike.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?st?ajk/, /is.?t?aj.ki/

Noun

strike m (plural strikes)

1. (bowling) strike (the act of knocking down all pins)
2. (baseball) strike (the act of missing a swing at the ball)

Spanish

Etymology

From English strike.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?aik/, [?st??ai?k]

• IPA^(key): /es?t?aik/, [es?t??ai?k]

Noun

strike m (plural strikes)

1. (baseball) strike

2. (bowling) strike